is a former

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ese

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player. He is a left-footed forward.

Club career

After graduating from Narashino High School in Chiba in 1996, he joined

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side

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. He played many matches from 1997 and became a regular player in 1998. He helped the club to win the Sanwa Bank Cup in 1997,

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and the 2nd place

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. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2000. He moved to

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in August 2001 and

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in August 2003. He moved to

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in Paraguay in 2004 and debuted in February against

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. He set up the goal for his side in their 3-1 defeat. Starting in 2005, he played for many clubs, including Pachuca Juniors and

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in Mexico, as well as Castellón, Numancia, and

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in Spain. In August 2008 he moved to Greece and

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. In September 2009, he returned to Japan and signed with his local club

Ehime FC commonly known as Ehime FC (愛媛FC, ''Ehime Efu Shī'') is a professional Association football, football club based in Matsuyama, Ehime, Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture of Japan. The club currently compete in J2 League, the s ...

. He played for the club from 2010 season because it was past the deadline of the player's registration for 2009 season. He played many matches as captain in 2010. However his opportunity to play decreased and he left the club at the end of the 2012 season. In 2013, he moved to Hong Kong and signed with

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(later ''Metro Gallery''). He played for the club until June 2016 and retired.

National team career

He represented Japan at several underage levels. He was a member of the Japan U-20 national team for the 1997 World Youth Championship hosted by

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. He scored a goal against

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at the group stage. The team was eliminated at the quarter-final.

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* * 1977 births Living people Association football people from Ehime Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers 21st-century Japanese sportsmen J1 League players J2 League players Hong Kong Premier League players Nagoya Grampus players FC Tokyo players Vegalta Sendai players Ehime FC players Japanese expatriate men's footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Club Guaraní players C.F. Pachuca players C.D. Irapuato footballers CD Castellón footballers CD Numancia players UD Las Palmas players Ionikos F.C. players Hong Kong First Division League players Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Metro Gallery FC players Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Men's association football forwards People from Niihama, Ehime Asian Games competitors for Japan Hong Kong League XI representative players 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-forward-1970s-stub